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A new study published in *Science Advances* found that most undergraduates believe marginalized communities deserve extra protection from offensive speech, but these values often waver under ideological pressure. Researc…
California lawmakers are considering an amendment that would exempt Linux and other open source software from mandatory age verification requirements. The proposed change would relieve open source developers from impleme…
GitHub has introduced targeted model rules for Copilot, now in public preview, allowing enterprise owners to assign specific AI models to individual organizations rather than applying a single enterprise-wide setting. Th…
Pope Leo XIV’s warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence drew a largely muted response from top Silicon Valley executives, including Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg, who did not immediately comment …
Artificial intelligence has triggered a hiring surge for cybersecurity experts, with job listings rising 11% in early 2026 compared to the same period last year, according to the New York Times. Recruiters report struggl…
The 2nd Princeton Corporate Governance Forum examined lessons from the Betamax format war to inform current debates on artificial intelligence regulation in the entertainment industry. Panelists drew parallels between So…
A former White House advisor pushed back on fears that artificial intelligence will lead to widespread job losses, arguing that AI has dramatically lowered the cost of writing code. The advisor stated that the technology…
SpaceX executives demanded a fivefold price increase for Starlink terminal connections used by U.S. military drones during strikes on Iranian targets, raising monthly costs from $5,000 to $25,000 per terminal. The Pentag…
Vice President JD Vance praised Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical on Tuesday, calling the document’s warnings about unbridled AI advancements “profound” and “the sort of thing that you would expect and hope from a leader o…
A new study published in *Public Opinion Quarterly* finds that voters use "left" and "right" political labels as mental shortcuts to infer a candidate's policy positions, rather than as strict indicators of their own pol…
Google consumed 461 million litres of water at its Chilean data center in 2024, enough for 8,500 households annually, as AI and cloud computing facilities drain ancient wetlands in Quilicura. Activists describe the once-…
FBI agents arrested two men for posting nonconsensual AI-generated pornography under the Take It Down Act, identifying suspects through simple methods like clicking hashtags such as #AI and #Deepfakes on porn websites. O…
U.S. law enforcement agencies are monitoring a potential rise in "anti-tech violent extremism" fueled by growing public backlash against artificial intelligence, according to over 1,000 pages of unpublished reports from …
Pope Leo XIV released a 42,000-word encyclical Monday warning that artificial intelligence, while surpassing human speed and capacity, merely imitates human intelligence and lacks traits like love, compassion, and creati…
The 1970s shift from wood to composite tennis rackets offers a rare natural experiment in how technology reshuffles valuable skills, with young players who grew up with the new equipment dominating the sport. This patter…
Self-represented litigants are using AI chatbots to flood U.S. federal courts with professionally formatted but often meritless lawsuits, causing docket entries to spike 158% above pre-AI averages. MIT and USC research a…
The FBI and local intelligence hubs are now classifying criticism of artificial intelligence as a potential indicator of "anti-tech violent extremism," according to over 1,000 pages of unpublished government surveillance…
Varonis introduces AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) as a discipline that transforms AI visibility into actionable risk reduction. AI-SPM continuously assesses AI systems for multiple security, compliance, and oper…
Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, *Magnifica Humanitas*, was released on Memorial Day with the subtitle "on the safeguarding of the human person in the time of AI," deliberately avoiding a focus on the technology itself. …
Y Combinator cofounder Paul Graham said on X that he ignores emails from startup founders written with AI, calling the practice a lie. Graham, a key figure in the startup world, said AI-generated pitches have a "hard-hit…